Qin Yiqing's face turned even redder.
What was she shy about?
The one who had been completely different from her usual self last night was Ji Rong, not her!
She had always been so bold, having tried to seduce Ji Rong more than once before.
She gritted her teeth, raised her head, and stubbornly said to Ji Rong, "I'm not shy at all!"
The next moment, Ji Rong walked towards her again, his eyes full of starlight and tenderness, "Yiqing, you need to take responsibility for me now."
All sorts of messy thoughts should be thrown away.
Qin Yiqing blinked, a little stunned, "Responsibility?"
"Don't you want to take responsibility?" Ji Rong's voice suddenly deepened, the implication in his tone was as if Qin Yiqing was an ungrateful woman who had betrayed him.
And what was supposed to have happened had already happened, and in the end, she didn't want to take responsibility.
Qin Yiqing felt that her head became stupid in front of Ji Rong, and she was led by the nose without realizing it. Just like he was now putting on a look of hurt, she started to feel unbearable.
She explained a little awkwardly, "I didn't say I wouldn't take responsibility."
As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized.
Huh?
Why was she the one taking responsibility?
A supremely doting smile flashed in Ji Rong's eyes, "That's good."
...
The Imperial Palace.
A carriage entered the palace.
Because she was summoned by the Emperor, the carriage had unimpeded passage.
However, the person who alighted from the carriage did not go to see the Emperor but was sent to see His Highness Prince Jin.
Upon arriving at a certain location, she was then placed in a sedan chair.
Sitting in the sedan chair, Qin Linglong's heart thumped incessantly.
These past two days had felt like an eternity. She had been constantly unsure how to break the ice, and for some reason, after hearing so much about the Night King's Consort of the Eastern Ning Kingdom these past two days, a trace of fear had begun to surface within her.
A strange feeling, a sense that something was drifting further and further away from her.
While she was living in fear, today there was an imperial decree.
The Emperor had summoned her to the palace.
He said...
The verbal decree stated that if she could consummate her marriage with His Highness Prince Jin today, she would remain in the palace and become Prince Jin's secondary consort tomorrow.
This was the Emperor's decree!
She didn't understand why the Emperor was so eager for her to consummate her marriage with His Highness Prince Jin, especially since they hadn't even had the grand ceremony for taking a secondary consort. But since the Emperor had presented such an opportunity before her, she didn't want to miss it.
This was a gift from heaven delivered right to her doorstep, her only chance.
Otherwise...
Otherwise, she had a feeling these past two days that His Highness Prince Jin seemed on the verge of calling off the engagement at any moment, and she would once again become a laughingstock in the capital.
She clutched the handkerchief tightly in her hand. Just as she was about to touch her face, she stopped in mid-air. She had dressed up meticulously today, her carefully drawn eyebrows and eyes exuding a hint of allure. If she accidentally touched them, it would affect her appearance.
Suddenly, a palace attendant's voice was heard from outside the sedan chair, "Miss Qin, we have arrived."
Qin Linglong put away her thoughts and quickly stepped out of the sedan chair.
At this moment, His Highness Prince Jin was nowhere to be seen.
However, the palace attendants, having received the Emperor's orders, immediately arranged for Qin Linglong to enter His Highness Prince Jin's chambers.
They even lit incense in the room.
It was incense sent by the Emperor.
They said it would help them consummate their marriage today.
Qin Linglong waited alone in the chambers. She couldn't help but look around at every corner of the chambers. This was where His Highness Prince Jin slept every night.
In the room, there still seemed to be Prince Jin's lingering scent.
Perhaps it was the scent of the incense that had entered her heart.
Qin Linglong's face flushed, and her heart couldn't stop pounding.
Her gaze fell upon the large bed.
She walked over involuntarily.
She reached out and lightly touched the bed.
There still seemed to be some of the coldness from His Highness Prince Jin's body.
With just a light touch, that coldness seemed to frostbite her hand. She suddenly retreated a few steps, her face turning red involuntarily.
That was His Highness Prince Jin's bed.
That was where they would soon...
Qin Linglong's eyes swirled with a seductive gaze.
Just as she couldn't control her emotions, a respectful voice of a palace attendant was heard from outside the door, "His Highness Prince Jin."
Hearing this, Qin Linglong's heart skipped a beat. She straightened her back abruptly and looked towards the door, not daring to blink.
He was back!
The next moment.
The tightly shut door was pushed open.
Then, a tall figure with an imposing aura appeared before her.
Qin Linglong involuntarily held her breath.
Looking at the man who was like a god, she parted her red lips and softly called out, "Your Highness Prince Jin."
The next moment, she clearly saw the light in his eyes gradually turn cold.
As sharp as a knife.
As if she were something dirty.
"Why are you here?" Zhan Tianye asked in a cold voice.
Upon hearing this, Qin Linglong's face instantly showed fear. Her scalp tingled, as if someone were stifling her breath. She frantically explained, "It was... it was the Emperor who sent this humble woman to... to serve His Highness Prince Jin."
Wisps of incense entered Zhan Tianye's nose and mouth.
He narrowed his sharp eyes fiercely.
Qin Linglong felt a heat spreading through her body, her senses becoming somewhat uncontrollable. She instantly forgot her fear and walked towards the man she had longed for, enduring her shyness, "Your Highness Prince Jin, let me serve you."
She wanted to become his woman.
She wanted to be the first woman to marry him.
The door behind Zhan Tianye closed at that moment.
He glanced at the locked door behind him, his eyes showing no hint of losing control, but rather a terrifying darkness like the night.
...
At the same time, a palace attendant left the palace and headed directly for the General's Mansion.
Upon arriving at the General's Mansion.
The palace attendant immediately went to see Li De.
After Li De sent the palace attendant away, he fell silent for a moment, then called for his servants.
Then, in less than half an hour, news spread throughout the entire General's Mansion.
Soon, this news was also heard by Yu Le and A'cha, who had gone to the kitchen to get fruit.
After hearing the news, they showed no change in expression at first.
However, they hurried back to Yun Shu.
In front of outsiders, they could still pretend that nothing had happened, appearing as if the news they had heard was merely insignificant gossip.
But when they were in front of Yun Shu, they changed.
A'cha closed the door.
Yun Shu was reading a book.
She had already read two books today.
She had indeed found some clues.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, and sensing A'cha and Yu Le's nervous anxiety, she raised her eyes and looked at them, "So tense, is something wrong?"
They had followed her all the way from the Eastern Ning Kingdom and had long since practiced remaining composed in the face of events. But their obvious anxiety now, could it be that something urgent had indeed happened?